Game-board.



M. GHRISTOPHERSON.

GAME BOARD APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

l n zoom UNITED STAIEIS PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN OHRISTOPHERSON, OF GRAFTON, NORTH DAKOTA.

GAME-BOARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN CHRISTOPHER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of Amerida, residing at Grafton, in the county of Walsh and Stateof North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements inGame-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game boards, and one or" the principal objectsof the same is to provide a game board of simple construction and inwhich the game to be played thereon will require both skill andexperience and which will be entertaining and interesting.

Another object of the invention is to pro ride a game board comprising atable and a surrounding flange or cushion against which a ball or marbleis projected and a series of wickets, sockets and holes through whichthe ball may run to make various counts in playing the game.

lhese and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game board made in accordance withmy inven tion and showing the ball or marble 011 the spot ready to startthe game. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the table portion ofthe game board, and 2 is the flange or cushion against which the ball 3is projected in playing the game. The table 1 is provided with a seriesof ball seats or concavities 4, each of which may be marked withsuitable numbers to which the player will be entitled in the game,provided the ball comes to rest in one of said ball seats. A series ofwickets or arches 5 disposed at difiterent angles are secured to thetable portion 1 of the game board.

The cushion 2 is curved in the are of a circle and is provided withoppositely disposed apertures 6 of a size suflicient to permit the ball3 to pass through the same, while the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Serial No. 422,325.

two flanges 7 converge from the outer ends of the cushion 2 backwardly,and the ends 8 of said flanges terminate at a point near the spot forthe ball 3. Guide pieces 9 are disposed upon opposite sides of the ballspot, and a series of holes 10 are formed in the flanges 7 of a sizesuflicient to permit the ball 3 to pass through the same. These holesmay be used to set back the player in the game whenever the ball 3passes through one of them.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a game board made inaccordance with my invention may be used to play a game requiringconsiderable skill in manipulation of the ball 3 by projecting it withthe finger against the cushion 2 and permitting it to rebound and enterany of the ball seats 4: or to pass through any of the wickets 5 or theholes 6 or 10 and to be counted as required in playing the game.

My game board is of simple construction, and the game played thereon hasbeen found very entertaining and requiring considerable skill on thepart of the players.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A game board comprising a table having a series of concavities orball seats therein, a series of wickets secured to the table atdifferent angles, a curved flange or cushion against which the ball isprojected and converging flanges, said cushion and flanges havingsuitable holes therein.

2. A game board comprising a table portion having ball seats and wicketsthereon, a curved cushion provided with ball holes and convergingflanges provided with guards at their terminal ends.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN CHRISTOPHERSON.

